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Whull, Shiver Me Timbers. Bill Watterson Is Back
I shuffled out of bed this morning, fed the cat, made coffee, and settled in to wake UP when my mind turned idly to the beloved Calvin & Hobbes comic strip of yore and Always, along with its reclusive creator,…
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Intriguing Realities On Parade at Frankfurt Book Fair
The annual Buchmesse has launched with its first press conference and controversy is, of course, in the air—perhaps rightfully so. Circles are spinning within circles as attendees grapple with some interesting statistics and trends in the publishing world. Forecasts are…
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Killer Whales (Like Humans) Are A Wasteful Bunch
From the look of the photo in the article, with a human being featured for scale, a pod of killer whales near Portland, Victoria, tore-up a rather hefty female Great White Shark just to feast upon the delicacy that is…
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Looks Can Indeed Deceive
Appearances are not at all what they seem in so many facets of existence and we would all do well to remember it. Behold above—the lazy glory and splendor of a place like Monte Carlo, Monaco, and a smiling, handsome…
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Esna Temple Ceiling Fully Restored and Revealed
I had long known about the ongoing restoration and preservation work taking place at the majestic remnants of the temple at Esna in Southern Egypt, but news that the glorious astrological ceiling of its famous hypostyle hall (all that remains…
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Red Triangle Great White Sharks Triangulating
This is WHAT THEY DO, people, off our Central Californian shorelines, in October (especially), within the parameters of the infamous Red Triangle (most definitely). Spin the existential roulette wheel, surfers, and hope for the best. These juveniles are HONGRAY and…
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Wanderings … “I Have Lived On This Earth”
Philae Island at the Southern frontier of Ancient and modern Egypt, near the First Cataract of the Nile, these days trapped behind Aswan Dam, is ever-beguiling, standing as it has for almost 2,400 years in the hot silence of Mystique.…
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Random Things People Shove Under My Front Door
Who could have left this little pamphlet of piety while casing the neighborhood for converts? Jehovah’s Witlesses? Southern Baptulists? The Assembly of Adventists Twice-Removed, The Rip-Tootin’ Calvinist Welcome Wagon? So … uplifting. Literally! “Oh, Tina! It’s amazing! It’s wonderful! Glory,…
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Where, When, Why, What, and How Big Were the Fangs?
I won’t even pretend that TMZ Sports is a worthy journalistic source, much less expound upon the fact that “journalism” now appears to be an endeavor undertaken by imbeciles with pacifiers in their mouths, half-baked opinions in their soft-scrambled brains,…
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Hilariously Tangy Underworld BonBons from Cintra Wilson and Her Wilberforce Players
I’m just going to tell you to explore it at leisure. [Jonathan is busy writing and illustrating and finishing a whole slew of projects in preparation for upcoming major releases. Don’t expect a helluva lot of bloggin’ to get done…
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